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Sidelined by a Brain Aneurysm, Joni Mitchell's Legacy Shines Brighter Than Ever
BLOGARRHEA: In 'Playboy Swings' by Patty Farmer (Beaufort Books) Hugh Hefner is a Jazz Hero
There's a story in the new book, 'Playboy Swings: How Hugh Hefner and Playboy Changed the Face of Music,' (Beaufort Books) by Patty Farmer from 1963: The New York City Playboy club had just opened. Tony Bennett would go there almost every night and, invariably, he'd bring his famous friends with him including Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Curtis, Dean Martin, Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor and Sammy Davis, Jr. Bunny Teddy was working the night Sinatra showed up... Oregon's Karen Lovely Has Traveled 'Ten Miles Of Bad Road' and Has Stayed Strong [REVIEW]
This isn't your grandmother's blues. Sure, vocally, Oregon's Karen Lovely takes her cues from Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith and Janis Joplin. These 13 original tracks, though, widen those standard blues progressions into another animal entirely. It's more a mellow soul groove from a great new singer and a hotshot band of Los Angeles studio stalwarts. The result is '10 Miles Of Bad Road' (Kokako) and if you want to traverse that, you have to be strong. Lovely is strong.
